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Congratulations to PhD student Enrique Sanchez who was awarded the best poster presentation prize at the recent 7th Chemical Nanoscience Symposium in Newcastle (CNSN-7). The meeting also saw our collaborator Dr Gemma-Louise Davies take home a prize for best talk by an early career researcher. Congratulations!

Huge congratulations to Josefa who has successfully completed her PhD viva! Josefa will shortly be leaving us to take up a postdoctoral position at the EMPA, Switzerland. Though we will miss her, we all wish Josefa the very best with her new job. Congratulations Dr Vidal Laveda!

Serena traveled to the Mary Rose to give a public lecture on our groups conservation efforts using magnetic nanoparticles to treat waterlogged wood samples. Our work is funded by the Leverhulme Trust, in collaboration with researchers at Warwick University and the Mary Rose. This meeting was a great opportunity to hear about the various conservation strategies ongoing at the Mary Rose and a chance to visit the wonderful Mary Rose museum!

Congratulations to Tom on passing his PhD viva! Since completing his PhD research with us at Glasgow, Tom went on to work as a postdoc with Prof Jawwad Darr at UCL on sodium ion batteries. Congratulations Dr Ashton!

Serena has been appointed to the EPSRC Energy Strategic Advisory Committee from 2017. The EPSRC advisory teams contribute to the development of the EPSRC future strategy and Serena will hold this post for 3 years.